TEEAM Conf Spring 2012

Getting Plans on Paper: Using the MLTI to Draft

TEEAM Conf Mar 2012 SketchUp.key Presentation ... as of the night before.
The SketchUp Show. A good podcast for staff and student to utilize. Can be downloaded at school and played at home w/o internet.
Google Help has a sub-section of self-paced tutorials that seem ideal for student teaching.
IDEA: Illinois Drafting Educators Association has an great collection of regional and state exams for drafting, CAD, machine & architectural drafters.

Beam Project

Here are some files you may need for our 4 days working on a beam.

• The handouts are in this file. Bridge Lesson_Plan Worksheets pdf.pdf
• The simple rectangular beam simulation is in this file. Beam_Deflection.ggb
• An I-beam simulation is in this file. I_Beam_Deflection 2.ggb
• A spreadsheet for calculating E can be copied from this page
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• Here are a list of online resources which one of your team mates should cruze through looking for tools.
  • http://www.nilit.com/plastics/images/ts/Inertia.gif
  • http://www.engineersedge.com/section_properties_menu.shtml
  • http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+beam+moment+of+inertia
  • http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+beam+deformation
• There is a lot of material on beam deformation on the web (and in textbooks, of course). Here is a collection you might find helpful.
  Video instruction.
  • http://youtu.be/4FBaa82r_7A (2 videos for intro, and more for related subjects. Easy to understand instruction)
  • http://youtu.be/Qi8k6RjjhK4 (from the same author, this on finding I of a composite cross section)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asBW0Ojc0bY (5th video in a set of 10. Good graphics)
  
  Beam deformation calculators
  • http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+beam+deformation
  • http://www.engineeringcalculator.net/beam_calculator.html
  
  Moment of inertia formulas and/or calculators
  • http://www.engineersedge.com/section_properties_menu.shtml
  • http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+beam+moment+of+inertia
  • http://www.nilit.com/plastics/images/ts/Inertia.gif
  
  Fun and games that demonstrate bridge building
  • http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/ This free bridge building simulator is from the US Military Academy and covers cost as well as design.
  • http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Cargo_Bridge.html This is a more animated version of bridge building.